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6. What components would you have to add to the plan to connect the LANs on
each
of the three floors to a single 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet backbone
network?
To connect the three horizontal networks to a 1000Base-T backbone, you must
install a router
on each of the three networks and connect each of the three routers to a
1000Base-T hub
using a length of UTP cable rated at least Category 5.
7. Assuming that all three networks are connected to a single backbone, on
which
network would it make the most sense to connect the server hosting the com-
pany’s customer database? Explain your answer.
a. The first floor network
b. The second floor network
c. The third floor network
d. The backbone network
d, because users on the first and second floor networks have to access the
customer data-
base, and connecting the server to the backbone prevents any one of the
horizontal networks
from being flooded with database traffic from the other networks.
8. Assuming that all three networks are connected to a single backbone,
which
would be the best network/transport layer protocol to use for the entire
internet-
work? Why are the other available protocols less suitable?
TCP/IP is the best protocol suite to use for the internetwork. IPX is less
suitable because it is
designed for use with Novell NetWare servers. NetBEUI is less suitable
because it does not
support routing traffic between networks.
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